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By EVELYN LEE
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(Copyright, 1919, by th? W?at?rn N?wspaper
Union.)
I would never have gone on with the
Folsom case if I had not met the sister
of the party principally at interest,
her brother Gregory Folsom. He was
a high class wholesale diamond salesman,
had over $100,000 in diamonds
and pearls ready to start on a long
trip, when between the hours of seven
and twelve, while the pair were at a
theater, a slick thief had forced a
, door in their flat, had burst open the
safe with that terrible instrument of
cracksman ingenuity "the drag," and
had departed with the chamois strip
In which the gems were stored.
I was at the time a stenographer
and private secretary to the chief of
the detective bureau, was considerable
of a favorite with my superior
and had a natural liking for mysteries.
. Such the Folsom case was in the eyes
of four of the most noted experts
of the department, who visited the
scene of the turglary and came back
shaking their heads-seriously, with the
announcement:
"No clew."
It was the following day that the
chief hailed me at my desk in a bantering
sort of way. "See *.ere, Wharton,"
he observed, "you have done
some good theorizing in your time
and have expressed a longing for some
real detective work. How does this
puzzling Folsom case strike you? The
big four have thrown it in the air on
? ho thorouahfare' basis. The big
jewelry firm has offered $10,000 reward.
Why rot take a hand and earn
enough to make you feel comfortable
for a few years?"
I had a talk with the head of our
crack professional quartette soon
afterwards. Blake Muriel was his
name and he had done some marvellous
things In the sleuth line, but he
was short and snappy in his replies
to my interested inquiries.
Don't wing any hopeful flight on
that mixup," he advised. "It's simple,
but trackless. One person broke into
the house, forced the safe and walked
off. It was a neat, quick job. In one
thing, however, the criminal, for such
he was, and an accomplished one at
that, beat us to it. We relied on finger
marks. There wasn't one."
Two hours later I visited the flat
where the crime had been committed.
It was Gregory Folsom himself who
met me at the door, and when I had
introduced myself as a special investigator
from the bureau he cordially
and courteously invited me into the
flat He looked anxious and depressed,
showed me the forced door
and that of the safe, and I was about
to make my departure when a beautiful
girl entered the room.
"My sister," he introduced briefly.
And then: "Eunice, this is a man from
the detective department. I have told j
him all I know."
The charming creature bowed to me
pleasantly. Then to her brother.
"Did you mention the man whom. I
noticed hanging around the building
day before yesterday?"
"Why, no," responded Folsom. "You
can't describe him."
f "And the gloves, Gregory?"
"Ah, yes, the gloves! I didn't think
of that," said Folsom, and his sister j
left the room and returned with a pair
of kid gloves in her hand. "We found
these in the hall," she explained, "wadded
up, as if worn for some purpose
and then thrown aside."
I examined them carefully. They
showed creases and peeling where
they had evidently been used for
some rough work. They were immensely
large, quite beyond the numbers
kept in the average glove stock.
They were brand new. Studying
them closely, I discerned that they
must have fitted to great splay hands.
Another discovery they were brand
new and workmanship upon them
showed that they had evidently been
made to order.
Something in my manner seemed to
inspire pretty Eunice Folsom with
curiosity and hope. "Do they give
you any clews," she inquired eagerly.
And in response I turned back the
inside of one glove. Across it was
stamped the name of its maker, "Jules
Lefarge, 22 Conway street."
"Very much so," I said. "You have j
furnished a full start in the quest for
a man with remarkably large hands,
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behind no tell-tale finger prints.**
Within an hour I was at the establishment
of Jules Lefarge. It was no
trick for him to immediately recall
supplying a dozen pairs of gloves made
to order for a man with very large
hands a month prior. They had been
delivered to Behjamln Stole, 912 Park
Row. I hurried thither to learn from
the landlady that the man with the
big hands had paid his bill the day
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letter had arrived that very same
evening. As a duly commissioned emissary
of the police I deemed it best to
appropriate it. The address of the
writer in a neighboring city was given.
I reached it the next morning, called
in two detective auxilaries and located
the writer of the letter and his guest
in the man with the gloves.
It was with a good deal of satisfaction
that I encased those brawny
hands with a pair of handcuffs. It
was with rare and radiant delight that
I decorated the soft, gentle ones of
Eunice Folsom with an engagement
ring somewhat later.
NAVY T OSELL SUGAR.
3,000,000 Pounds for Hospitals and
Naval Employes.
Washington, Oct. 24.?The Navy
Department will sell 3,000,000
pounds of sugar to hospitals and naval
employes throughout the country,
to ass.'st in relieving the sugar shortage,
Secretary Daniels announced tonight.
The navy has a six months
supply of sugar on hand and .Mr.
Daniels estimated that 3,000,000
pounds could be spared without serious
injury.
Any hospital can obtain the sugar
from navy canteens or by ordering
from the Navy Department direct and
paying freight charges in addition to
the cost price. A limit to two pounds
a week is placed on orders of individuals
enlisted to buy sugar from navy
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KING AND QIEEX VISIT THEATER
Attend First Performance in United
States.
New York, Oct. 25.?The famous
| "diamond horseshoe" of the Metro
politan opera house glittered with
' jewels tonight in honor of the king
and queen of the Belgians. The
wealth and fashion of New Yorkpacked
the great audi'torium from pit
to dome to he-- a special performance
tor the benefit of Queen Elizabeth's
! hospital fund, one of her majesty's
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Proof.
Detective?And what makes you
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Woman?Why, -he tolcl me to keep
perfectly quiet, and seemed surprised
I when, 1 didn't.
Problem Solved
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position Fair
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space devoted to display of
bit from the departments of
griculture from counties of
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OF MOTOR TRUCKS. THE
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Swine Exhibits
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Free Acts
iuctions of a Famous Battle
OF ST. MIHIEL.
A $25,000 pyrotechnic specan
victory of St. Mihiel will
s beginning November 11th.
h. midway with clean shows
my. The world at home, with
:ding devices.
FOOTBALL GAME EVER
GEORGIA AND TULANE! I
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and victory garden
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Automobile excursions from
st expert and scientist, talks
mvention hall.
SHALL, President.
]OHEN, General Manager.
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prices at Herald Book Store.
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X than 100 feet on Southern railway. This
block of lots is across the alley from the
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